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Gaelic type (sometimes called Irish character, Irish type, or Gaelic script) is a family of Insular script typefaces devised for printing Early Modern Irish.It was widely used from the 16th century until the mid-18th century in Scotland and the mid-20th century in Ireland, but is now rarely used.
The spiral style and "knot work" evident in the formation of the designed pages are influenced by Celtic art. [32] One of the most characteristic styles in the manuscript is the zoomorphic style (adopted from Germanic art) and is revealed through the extensive use of interlaced animal and bird patterns throughout the book. [32]
The Cathach of St. Columba, one of the earliest instances of written Celtic language. Celtic literature is the body of literature written in one of the Celtic languages, or else it may popularly refer to literature written in other languages which is based on the traditional narratives found in early Celtic literature.
The oldest surviving literature in Gaelic is a piece dedicated to Colm Cille of Iona from the 500s AD.. Before the arrival of Christianity in Ireland, the Gaels had a limited level of literacy in Primitive Irish.
The Celtic Revival (also referred to as the Celtic Twilight [1]) is a variety of movements and trends in the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries that see a renewed interest in aspects of Celtic culture. Artists and writers drew on the traditions of Gaelic literature , Welsh-language literature , and Celtic art —what historians call insular art (the ...
Bardic poetry is the writings produced by a class of poets trained in the bardic schools of Ireland and the Gaelic parts of Scotland, as they existed down to about the middle of the 17th century or, in Scotland, the early 18th century.
The Cathach of St. Columba (beginning of 7th century) is the oldest extant manuscript with initials decorated in the characteristic style of Insular illumination: the first letter is incorporated into the text and is followed by other letters whose size decreases until they reach the size of the main text. The initials themselves are decorated ...
Edinburgh: Celtic and Scottish Studies, 2007 PDF available from University of Edinburgh Storey, John "Contemporary Gaelic fiction: development, challenge and opportunity" in Lainnir a’ Bhùirn' - The Gleaming Water: Essays on Modern Gaelic Literature , edited by Emma Dymock & Wilson McLeod.